Isopycnic Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 0.04" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 MBY has been warned two days in a row for a couple bolts of lightning with a little thunder, a 20 mph gust and sprinkles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 MBY has been warned two days in a row for a couple bolts of lightning with a little thunder, a 20 mph gust and sprinkles Welcome to the club. That is how it has been at my house all year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Sitting outside the camper at Myrtle Beach and have been seeing a lot of lightning to the west. Also, had some folks walk by talking about the heat lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmclean Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Those storms that covered all of Wake County just vanished completely. Even the outflow died before getting here. I am glad I wasn't paying attention to the radar today. I would have been going bonkers. The line fell apart and then reformed past Wilson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Well, let's see if I can make it 3 days in a row with a storm today. Spartanburg County has been on a hot streak this last week, and both the NAM and HRRR has storms centered over Spartanburg again today. 84.7°/78° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 90 over 79 with a HI of 107 already......what a miserable day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Little bit of mixing going on here... HI has dropped from 104 to 100 --- temp went from 90-91. Currently 91/73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I know this isn't correct, but the nearest weather station has 95.5°/77° with a heat index of 111° More reasonable is KSPA with 91.4°/72° and a heat index of 98°. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Little bit of mixing going on here... HI has dropped from 104 to 100 --- temp went from 90-91. Currently 91/73 Currently 91 over 81 HI 110 at pgv so not mixing here yet. My guess is two days of gully washers has our ground saturated and putting off lots of humidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 We didn't get the gully washers... just a trace over the last 6 days IMBY -- 4-5 miles away, much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Went back up --- 93/77 = 107. A few isolated showers are starting to pop to the West. Not gonna hold my breath on them, though. Hard to count on pulse type storms for any good rainfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BullCityWx Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 We've been mixing out pretty decent in CLT this summer. Currently sitting at 97/64, which is tolerable IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Man, it is brutal in the SC lowcountry today. 91/81 at JZI, 91/79 at LRO(Mt. Pleasant). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 We've been mixing out pretty decent in CLT this summer. Currently sitting at 97/64, which is tolerable IMO. Wow, our dp is 8° higher and you are only like an hours drive away. Another miserable day outside. At least we are cooler temperature wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 We've been mixing out pretty decent in CLT this summer. Currently sitting at 97/64, which is tolerable IMO. Is there a reason why Charlotte's dewpoint is consistently 10+ degrees lower than Raleigh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullCityWx Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Looks like winds at Concord are from the W and NW in the last two reporting hours. Probably explains it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Man, it is brutal in the SC lowcountry today. 91/81 at JZI, 91/79 at LRO(Mt. Pleasant). 95 over 77 right now HI of 110. Brutal summer here so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonSalemArlington Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Is there a reason why Charlotte's dewpoint is consistently 10+ degrees lower than Raleigh ? It might explain why RDU is running noticeably cooler in air temp than CLT this month. RDU is still .2 degrees below normal this month, whereas CLT is running 2.9 degrees above normal. A dryer atmosphere might feel better, but it makes higher air temperatures possible. However, I wonder if something is off with CLT's readings because GSP and GSO are not running anywhere near as warm as CLT this summer. In past summers, RDU used to outdo the rest of central NC in temps, but this summer CLT has taken the crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 It might explain why RDU is running noticeably cooler in air temp than CLT this month. RDU is still .2 degrees below normal this month, whereas CLT is running 2.9 degrees above normal. A dryer atmosphere might feel better, but it makes higher air temperatures possible. However, I wonder if something is off with CLT's readings because GSP and GSO are not running anywhere near as warm as CLT this summer. In past summers, RDU used to outdo the rest of central NC in temps, but this summer CLT has taken the crown. but wouldn't drier air also make it cooler at night which would pretty much balance the temps ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinstonSalemArlington Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 but wouldn't drier air also make it cooler at night which would pretty much balance the temps ? Good point. I forgot about nighttime temps. I guess I have no idea why CLT has been noticeably hotter and drier than RDU and the Triangle beyond the placement of the ridge, and normal factors such as latitude and altitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No snow for you Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Good looking line of storms on TN NC border. I bet the mountains chew them up but would be nice to get another t storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Dp finally mixed out and it's down to 73 but the temp has bumped up to 95 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNCCmetgrad Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 It might explain why RDU is running noticeably cooler in air temp than CLT this month. RDU is still .2 degrees below normal this month, whereas CLT is running 2.9 degrees above normal. A dryer atmosphere might feel better, but it makes higher air temperatures possible. However, I wonder if something is off with CLT's readings because GSP and GSO are not running anywhere near as warm as CLT this summer. In past summers, RDU used to outdo the rest of central NC in temps, but this summer CLT has taken the crown. I think the readings are good as both Monroe to the east and Gastonia to the west have had very similar readings. I am only 5 miles from the airport and my readings have closely matched them as well. Charlotte is just east of where the heart of the drought has been in the region. Very dry ground around and just west of CLT combined with max mixing from downslope would explain why Charlotte has been so much warmer than Raleigh and why afternoon dew points have fallen so much during the afternoon. but wouldn't drier air also make it cooler at night which would pretty much balance the temps ? During the first heatwave in June Charlotte had lows in the upper 60's even as afternoon highs hit 100 so thats over a 30 degree difference and is more than we usually see in summer. When you combine much above normal highs with near normal lows around 3 degrees above normal is reasonable. Also Charlotte is one of the few cities where normal temperatures fell for the 1981-2010 period versus 1971-2000. Some say that this was due to the moving of the weather station to another side of the airport due to runway expansion in the 1990's. This could have something to do with it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Feels horrible outside, a guy a mile down the road has his station on wunderground and was hitting 115-118 heat indexs but I am not sure how accurate it is, he usually runs 2-3 degrees warmer than PGV... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowless in Carrollton Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The thermometer on my car is reading 101. I wonder how accurate it is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Only made it to 95 actual temp today. We have yet to reach the forecast temperature when they call for upper 90s during any of these heat waves. The heat index sure makes up for the difference, though. It's often been above the 100-105 that has been in the forecast on these steamy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparklecity Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Upstate is pretty dead today. Flow is different than the last 2 days. The storms are taking a more easterly direction today. We'll see if any of those storms in the mtns and nega can work their way into the upstate, but I kind of doubt they will hold up once we lose heating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solak Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I'm kinda liking the look of the complex hitting the mountains - but the timing is not good for them to make it this far East, I don't think. Loss of heating, and just the mountain factor will probably wash them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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